Decline of the American power in the view of American thinkers

Francis Fukuyama, a prominent political scientist in the 90s, wrote an influential essay 'The End of History?' announced the triumph of liberal democracy and the arrival of a post-ideological world. He also wrote about the decline of American hegemony.

But it was not only Fukuyama who wrote about the decline of American hegemony, but many other Western political thinkers and analysts have written about the decline of America and the shift of power from the West to the East in recent years.

The chaotic and unplanned departure of the Americans from Afghanistan, after 21 years of occupation, was the final confirmation of everything that was written before.

The unipolar world, especially after the Second World War, when many countries were involved in compensation for the damages caused by the war, has now turned into a multipolar and multilateral world.

The decline of American power, which actually means the end of American leadership and hegemony in a unipolar world, is the result of two important things:

First, other countries, especially the eastern countries, have become much more powerful economically and politically than before, and now they have something to say.

Second, America is facing internal problems more than ever, including economic recession crisis, inflation, increase in crime statistics, as well as deep political and social divide among the people.

Since the American presidential election in 2020, there have been many warnings about the possibility of a civil war, and this threat is still valid. Even if such a prediction never comes true, the existence of this deep gap will not allow that "American dream" that has been promised for years to come true.

Before his death in 2012, Brzezinski also gave a controversial interview to Euronews, the distinguishing feature of this interview was his emphasis on the end of American hegemony and the unipolar world. In a part of this interview, he emphasized: "America can no longer hegemony over the world."

"Noam Chomsky", a prominent American thinker and linguist, also says: "America is an empire in decline." American democracy has practically no objectivity, and on the contrary, we are witnessing the rule of capitalists.

Farid Zakaria, a political scientist and one of the presenters of the CNN news network, has devoted a major part of his studies and research to the issue of American foreign policy. Zakaria believes that the decline of American hegemony is the result of this country's inappropriate use of its power in the years after World War II.

Zakaria believes that the attacks of September 11, 2001 played a dual role in the decline of American hegemony. The second factor, according to him, was the attack on Iraq, which turned into a costly disaster for the United States.

According to him, Donald Trump's coming to power has dealt the last fatal blow to American foreign policy, and by withdrawing America from agreements such as TPP, avoiding Europe and outsourcing American politics to Saudi Arabia and Israel, he demonstrated the decline of American hegemony.

Alfred W. McCoy, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of the famous book "The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade" believes that CIA coups in different countries, the Vietnam War, American torture centers, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and the country's drone attacks have played a major role in the decline of American hegemony.

David D. Schein is an author, professor, consultant and public speaker, wrote a book "The Decline of America: 100 Years of Leadership Failures", which offers a carefully documented analysis of the last seventeen U.S. presidents. These men, eight Democrats and nine Republicans, have shaped the last 100 years, not only for America, but for the world. Each president is profiled with unsparing scrutiny so we can see where it’s all gone wrong.

James Petras, Professor at Binghamton University in Binghamton, in his book "Zionism, Militarism and the Decline of US Power," discussed the factors that lead to the decline of American power in the world.

According to him, after the end of World War II, Western Europe, Japan and recently China and Russia moved towards developing their own economic capabilities, while America turned to militarism by moving towards the interests of the Zionist lobby.

In short, history never ends, but America definitely does...